George Henry Warren II
George Henry Warren II (October 17, 1855 – June 3, 1943) was a New York City stockbroker and real estate developer.[1]
George Henry Warren II | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 17, 1855 |
| Died | June 6, 1943 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Columbia Law School |
| Occupation | Stockbroker, Real estate developer |
| Spouse(s) | Georgia Williams
(m. 1885; died 1937) |
| Children | Constance Whitney Warren George Henry Warren III |
| Parent(s) | George Henry Warren Mary Caroline Phoenix |
| Relatives | Jonas P. Phoenix (grandfather) Whitney Warren (brother) Lloyd Warren (brother) Guy de Lasteyrie (son-in-law) Robert Goelet (brother-in-law) |
Early life
George Henry Warren II was born in Troy, New York to George Henry Warren (1823-1892)[2][3] and Mary Caroline Phoenix (1832-1901),[4] the sister of Lloyd Phoenix and daughter of U.S. Representative Jonas Phillips Phoenix, who were married on April 29, 1851 in New York City.[5]
G. H. Warren II had nine brothers and sisters, all born from the same father and mother, including: Mary Ida Warren,[6] Harriette Louise Warren,[7] Emeline Whitney Dore Warren,[8] Whitney Phoenix Warren,[9] Edmund Warren,[10] Anna Phoenix Warren, a twin who died young,[11] Whitney Warren, a twin who became a prominent architect,[12] Edith Caroline Warren, and Lloyd Eliot Warren, also an architect.[5]
Warren graduated from Columbia University in 1880 and then Columbia Law School.[1]
Career
After graduating from Law School, Warren decided not to practice law, instead he went into business in the 1890s as a stockbroker on the New York Stock Exchange with Thomas Fortune Ryan, founding the firm of Lee, Ryan & Warren.[1]
Later, Warren became a real estate developer, founding the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company that owned the Metropolitan Opera then located at 1411 Broadway and West 39th Street.[1]
He was a director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (which began as the Camden & Amboy Railroad) as well as the Metropolitan Trust Company.[1]
Personal life
On May 14, 1885, Warren was married to Georgia "Daisy" Williams (1863–1937)[13] in New York City. They lived in New York City and at "Seafield", their residence in Newport, Rhode Island.[5] Together, they were the parents of:
- Constance Whitney Warren (1888–1948),[14] who was a sculptress and who married Count Guy de Lasteyrie (1879-1944), son of the Marquis de Lasteyrie and a descendant of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette.[15][16]
- George Henry Warren III (1889–1971),[17] also a Columbia graduate who was a member of the New York Stock Exchange who married Katherine Urquhart (d. 1979), founder and president of the Preservation Society of Newport County,[18] in 1929.[19]
Warren died at his home, 924 Fifth Avenue in New York City, on June 3, 1943.[1]
References
- "George H. Warren ... A Founder of Concern That Once Owned Metropolitan Opera's Home, Dies at 87. Kin Of Noted Architect. Graduate of Columbia and Its Law School, but Never Had Practiced. Formerly Broker". New York Times. June 4, 1943. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
Warren's wife, Georgia ... Warren, died on Feb. 21, 1937. Surviving are a son, George Henry Warren, Jr.; a daughter, Constance Whitney Warren, ...
- George Henry Warren I (November 8, 1823 – April 8, 1892)
- "George Henry Warren" (PDF). New York Times. April 9, 1892. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
George Henry Warren, for many years one of the best-known financial men in New York died yesterday at his home, 520 Fifth Avenue, of a complication of diseases, ...
- Mary Caroline Phoenix (February 27, 1832 - January 18, 1901)
- Weeks, Lyman Horace (1898). Prominent Families of New York: Being an Account in Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of the Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City. Historical Company. p. 604. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- Mary Ida Warren (July 2, 1852 - May 28, 1899) - She married Robert Percy Alden (March 12, 1848 - April 4, 1909) on June 2, 1878 in Paris, France.
- Harriette Louise Warren (February 23, 1854 - December 4, 1912) - She was born in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, and died in Paris, France. She married Robert Goelet, Jr. (September 29, 1841 - April 27, 1899) on April 17, 1879 in New York City. Robert died in Naples, Campania, Italy.
- Emeline Whitney Dore Warren - She was born on December 20, 1857. She was not married, had no children, and she pre-deceased her mother.
- Whitney Phoenix Warren (January 19, 1860 - March 22, 1863)
- Edmund Warren - He was born on December 2, 1861.
- Anna Phoenix Warren (January 29, 1864 - August 9, 1865) - She had a twin brother named Whitney Warren (1864-1943).
- Whitney Warren (January 29, 1864 - January 24, 1943) - He had a twin sister named Anna Phoenix Warren (1864-1865). Whitney was the leading member of the famous New York City architectural firm Warren and Wetmore. He married Charlotte Augusta Tooker (June 2, 1864 - September 12, 1951) on July 17, 1884 in Newport, Rhode Island. Charlotte died while residing in the Carlton House Hotel in New York City. Charlotte's parents were Gabriel Mead Tooker (December 1840 - December 11, 1905) and Margaret Augusta Peckham (1842 - February 4, 1888). Gabriel died while abroad in Monte Carlo, and he and Margaret are both buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome.
- Georgia "Daisy" Williams (July 31, 1863 - February 21, 1937)
- Constance Whitney Warren (January 17, 1888 - October 11, 1948)
- "Miss Warren Weds Count. Few at Ceremony, Owing to Mrs. Goelet's Death". New York Times. December 20, 1912. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
As first planned, the wedding was to l have been a large one, but, owing to the' recent death in Paris of Mrs. Robert Goelet, the bride's aunt, ...
- "Constance Warren to Wed. Her Engagement to Comte Guy de Lasteyrie Announced In Paris". New York Times. October 26, 1912. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
The engagement is announced of Comte Guy de Lasteyrie, son of the Marquis and Marquise de Lasteyrie of Paris, to Constance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ...
- George Henry Warren III (July 29, 1889 - October 22, 1971)
- "Katherine U. Warren, 79, Dies; Newport Preservation Leader". The New York Times. 20 April 1976. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- Times, Special To the New York (23 October 1971). "George Warren Jr. of Stock Exchange". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2018.